What Do We Know About the Link Between Marriage and Health?

What Do We Know About the Link Between Marriage and Health?

Published: Aug 01, 2010
Publisher: Journal of Family Issues, vol. 31, no. 8 (subscription required)
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Authors

Heather L. Koball

Jamila Henderson

Melanie Besculides

This special journal issue presents nine new studies on the relationship between marriage and health among African Americans. It discusses health disparities between African Americans and other racial and ethnic groups, offers an overview of African American marriage rates, and presents evidence for the marriage-health link in this population.

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